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The Making of the Victorian Organ (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs) - Softcover

Thistlethwaite, Nicholas

 
9780521663649: The Making of the Victorian Organ (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521663644 ISBN 13: 9780521663649
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Between 1820 and 1870 a number of influences combined to bring about a radical transformation in the design and use of English organs. This important book provides a comprehensive survey of English organ building during those innovative fifty years in its history. It is richly illustrated with photographs and specially drawn diagrams and contains an invaluable appendix of organ specifications. This is a documentary source book and history that will be indispensable for all those, professionals or amateurs, that have an interest in the organ.

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This important book provides a comprehensive survey of English organ building during the most innovative fifty years in its history. Between 1820 and 1870 a number of influences combined to bring about a radical transformation in the design and use of English organs.

Review

"It will stand for many decades as a vast quarry of information, reliably documented and clearly presented. It dwarfs all previous attempts to deal with this significant phase of organ building, and provides, for the first time, a coherent interpretation and periodization." Notes

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521663644
ISBN 13 
9780521663649
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
610